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(No Modeh) H. J. GAISMAN. WAIST BELT.

No, 575,298. Patented Jan. 12, 1897.

WITNESSES: mmv TOR W. mun, THU Awwanm u L UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

HENRY J. GAISMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FERDINAND S. M. BLUN, OF SAME PLACE.

WAIST-BELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 575,298, dated January 12, 1897. Application filed June 17, 1895. Serial No. 553,093. No m del.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. GAISMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVaist-Belts, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a belt with improved means for detachably connecting it with the buttons on a waistband of a pair of trousers, so that the belt can be conveniently retained on the trousers in the desired position around the waist.

A further object of the invention is to provide a belt with a fastening at the back for connection with the strap that is usually lo cated at the back of a pair of trousers.

The invention consists in the novel details of improvement that will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, wherein- Figure 1 is a partly broken face view of the inner side of a waist-belt provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a detail face view of one of the fasteners for connection with the buttons on the trousers. Fig. 3 is an edge view thereof. Fig. 4 is a detail face view of a modification. of. Figs. 6 and 8 are detail face views of other modified forms of the fastener. Figs. 7 and 9 are edge views thereof, respectively. Fig. 10 is a detail edge view of the fastener for connection with the back strap of a pair of trousers, showing the waist-belt in section on the line 10 10 in Fig. 1. Fig. 11 is a detail View of a modification thereof; and Fig. 12 is a detail perspective view thereof, part of the belt being broken away.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views, the numeral 1 indicates a waist-belt, which may be of suitable construction and provided with the usual or suitable buckle or fastening 2 for securing the belt around the waist.

3 3 are my improved fasteners attached on the inner face of the belt 1 and adapted to be connected with the buttons on the waist of a Fig. 5 is an edge view there,

pair of trousers. (Not shown.) The fasteners 3 are shown as made of wire bent to form two side bars 4 4, having a slot or space 5between them in which the shank of a button is, or the threads which hold it to the trousers are, adapted to pass. The slot 5 is shown open at one end to receive the button-shank, and the sides 4 4 are raised or outside of the plane of the inner face of the belt, so as to allow the button to pass freely between the sides 4 4 and the belt 1. (See Fig. 3.) At the open end of the slot 5 of the fastener 3 the wire is bent inwardly to form shoulders 6, which act to resist the spontaneous detachment of the button from the fastener, thereby normally holding it in the fastener, while allowing its detachment by a strong pull. The fastener 3 is attached to the belt 1 at its ends by means of eyelets or apertures 7 8, into which the ends of the fasteners are sprung, the slot 5 extending horizontally.

The fastener 3 is constructed as follows: A piece of wire is bent double at 9 to form a prong or end to enter eyelet or aperture 7 on the belt, and said wire is bent outwardly at 10, and then diverging at 11 11, and the sides 4 4 are carried forward substantially parallel to form the slot 5. The sides 4 4 of the wire are then bent inwardly at the outer end of 7 slot 5 to form the shoulders 6, and the wire is then bent outwardly at 12 12, forming prongs, the latter being bent downwardly at 13 13 and extended outwardly at 14 14, the parts 14 being about on a plane with the prong or end 9. The manner of bending or shaping the wire to form the fastener 3 is clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The fastener is secured on the inner face of the belt 1 by first inserting the prong or end 9 into the eyelet or aperture 7 and then inserting the ends 14 14 of the prongs 12 into the eyelets or apertures 8 8. r The fastener will thus be securely attached to the belt, but its ends 12 can have freedom of movement sidewise within the eyelets or apertures 88 to permit the passage of the shank of a button between the shoulders 6 6. As the sides 4 of the fastener are raised from the face of the belt the button can readily enterthe space so formed. a

I have shown a fastener near each end of the belt, both fasteners extending in the same direction and in position to receive the buttons on the front side of the waistband of a pair of trousers; but the positions of the fasteners on the belt can be changed, as desired. The belt is fastened to the trousers by placing the button between the face of the belt and the shoulders 6 of the fastener and then giving the belt a pull, whereupon the shoulders 6 or the sides of the fastener will spread apart, allowing the button shank or threads to enter the slot 5. The button will now lie between the sides 1 of the fastener 3 and the inner face of the belt 1, and the belt will thus be attached to the waistband. The belt is thus prevented from slipping up and down on the trousers and remains in the proper position. In detaching the belt from the trousers the former is pulled sidewise to snap the shoulders 6 over the buttonshank. The elasticity of the Wire of the fastener 3 causes the shoulders 6 to normally remain in position to present an abutment to the button-shank to prevent spontaneous detachment of the fastener from the button. The belt thus fastened to the trousers conceals the waistband. It is evident that if only one shoulder 6 were provided the button would still be held from spontaneous detachment from the fastener.

In Figs. 4 and 5 the prong or end 9 of the fastener 3 is bent into circular form and flattened, if desired, and can be passed through an eyelet or aperture in the belt or sewed thereto. The prongs 12 in this case are shown bent down at 13 and then carried inwardly at 12 to a central point, the ends or prongs 14 then being bent forwardly and curved, where they maybe sewed to the belt or slipped into a suitable eyelet or aperture therein. In this case only two eyelet-holes 7 8 will be used, they being in line for prongs 9 and 14.

In Figs. 6 and 7 the end or prong 9 is similar to that shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and the prongs or ends 12 12 are substantially like those in Figs. 4 and 5, while the ends 14. are

brought together and extend parallel to prong .modifications the eyelets 8 may be large enough to permit the sides 4 of the fastener 3 to separate as the button-shank passes between the shoulders 6, or else the wire can be sufficiently elastic to separate as the button-shank passes the shoulders 6.

In Figs. 8 and 9 the ends or prongs 14L extend together or straight out from the bends 13 at the shoulders 6 and enter the eyelet or aperture 8 that is in line with the eyelet 7. In this case the button can be placed edgewise into the slot 5, and then the sides 4 can be pressed apart to allow the button to snap through the slot 5, the spring tendency of the sides 4 permitting this action. In all the arrangements shown it will be understood that the prongs 9 and 14 are about on a plane, so that the sides 4 will be raised from the face of the belt.

l is a metal wear-plate secured between the webs of the belt and behind the eyelets 7 and 8 to take the wear from the prongs 9 and 14 of the fasteners 3.

The means for connecting the belt with the back strap of the trousers is as follows: 15 is a hook or clip, preferably made of wire, and secured to the inner face of the belt at its central part, the hook 15 extending upwardly, so as to pass under the back strap of the trousers. The hook 15 (shown in Figs. 1 and 10) is made of wire and consists of a cross-bar or wire 16, bent to form sides 17, which are bent under at 18, again forward at 19, and inward at 20. The inward bends 20 enter a clip 21, which is shown consisting of a metal plate having an eye or bent portion 22, into which the bends 20 of the hook 15 pass, whereby the latter is fastened to the belt. The clip 21 is shown secured between the webs of the belt 1, the eye or bend 22 passing through the inner web 1 of the belt, whereby the clip is substantially concealed. The upper end of the hook 15 may be bent inwardly at 16 to prevent spontaneous detachment from the strap of the trousers. With the above arrangement the hook 15, being secured to the belt 1, holds up the back of the trousers, centrally, by connection with the back strap, under which it slips, and as the fasteners 3 keep the belt in proper posi tion on the trousers the combined action of the devices 3 and 15 serves to afford a complete and effective article.

In Figs. 11 and 12 the bend or eye 22 of plate or clip 21 extends upwardly or toward the upper edge of the belt, and the plate 21 has two such eyes or bends 22, the hook 15 having its sides 17 extending into said eyes, as shown in Fig. 12. The bars 17 will be held in the eyes 22 by friction or by bending the wire or as found most suitable.

My improved belt will be found very useful and comfortable, as it is always held in proper position on the trousers, the latter thereby being supported in the desired manner, the belt passing around the outside of the waistband and covering the buttons and back strap.

I do not limit my invention to the precise details of construction shown, as they may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention, and the fasteners 3 can be used either with or without the hook or clip 15 for the back strap.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination, with a belt provided with means for securing thereon the ends of a button-fastener, of said fastener comprising guide-wires raised from the surface of the belt and extended alongside each other and forming a way in which a button-shank can move longitudinally of the belt, said wires having sufficient elasticity to enable the belt to move laterally to allow a button-shank or button to pass between them, the ends of said wires being constructed to engage the means on the belt for securing the same thereon, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a belt, of a button-fastener comprising wires secured at one end to said belt at a distance from each other permitting a button to pass between them, then extending outward substantially at right angles to the plane of the belt, then bent into a plane substantially parallel with the belt and converging to a distance permitting the shank only to pass through them, then eX- tending alongside each other and along the belt to form a slot to receive a button-shank, and to restrain its movement transversely of the belt While permitting it to move longitudinally of the belt and finally being secured at the other end to the belt so as to close said end to the button, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a belt and a lining therefor, the latter provided with eyelets, of a button-fastener comprising guide-wires extending substantially parallel alongside each other and forming a slot to receive a button-shank, said wires diverging at the entrance to form guide-arms, said arms being bent at their ends downward or toward the belt and through the eyelets, and then bentagain beneath the lining parallel with the plane of the belt, so as to be retained by said belt and lining, the opposite end of the fastener being secured to the belt, substantially as described.

HENRY J. GAISMAN.

\Vitnesses S. B. Monss, T. F. BoURNE. 

